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What’s the Role of Coal in India?, with Sandeep Pai
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Sandeep Pai, director of climate and energy policy at Swaniti Global. Pai grew up in India’s coal belt; he has spent his career examining the coal and energy sectors in India, first as a
Seeing the Invisible: Responses to Indoor Air Pollution, with Robert D. Metcalfe
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Robert D. Metcalfe, a professor at Columbia University. Metcalfe recently coauthored a study of the levels of invisible particulate matter released in the air during everyday household ac
Reducing Climate Risks through Housing Policy, with Jenny Schuetz
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Jenny Schuetz of Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic foundation where Schuetz serves as vice president of housing infrastructure, and where she focuses her work on expanding and diversifyi
Valuing Access to Clean Drinking Water in India, with Fiona Burlig
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Fiona Burlig, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, about improving access to clean drinking water in India. In partnership with a private company that cleans drinking wate
Flooding Fort Berthold: The History of Three Native American Tribes and One Dam, with Angela Parker
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Angela Parker, an assistant professor at the University of Denver and member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Cree Tribes. Parker recently published a book on the history of the Three Affiliat
Economic Effects and Public Concerns from Cloud Seeding, with Jonathan Jennings
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Jonathan Jennings, a meteorologist at the Utah Division of Water Resources and president of the Weather Modification Association. Jennings’s work focuses on cloud seeding, a technology th
Survey Says: Searching for Common Ground Amid Partisan Divide, with Brian Kennedy
In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Brian Kennedy, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center. Kennedy focuses on science and society research, studying public attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs about science—including
How Environmental Groups Influence Policy, with Laura Grant
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Laura Grant, an associate professor at Claremont McKenna College. Many environmental nonprofit groups have been working to influence policy, but relatively little research has demonstrate
Connecting Climate Change to the Weather We See, with Emily Theokritoff
In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Emily Theokritoff, a research associate at Imperial College London. Theokritoff specializes in climate damage attribution—the emerging science of connecting human activity and climate ch
A New Age for Nuclear Energy, with Daniel Poneman
In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Daniel Poneman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Energy, about the role of nuclear energy in meeting increasing dem
Seeding Economic Development in Rural America, with Ann Eisenberg
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Ann Eisenberg, a professor and research director at the West Virginia University College of Law, about economic challenges facing rural communities in the United States. Eisenberg explain
The End of Canada’s Carbon Price?, with Aaron Cosbey
In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Aaron Cosbey, a senior associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, about the future of climate policy in Canada. The newly elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Pa
Economic and Environmental Effects of Natural Gas Exports, with Brian Prest
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Resources for the Future Fellow Brian C. Prest about the effects of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. As the world’s leading exporter of LNG, the United States has been ramping up c
Reimagining Homeowners Insurance, with Carolyn Kousky
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls speaks with Carolyn Kousky, associate vice president for economics and policy at Environmental Defense Fund, about the instability of markets for homeowners insurance, especially in states that ar
Promoting Climate Adaptation by Discouraging Development, with Yanjun (Penny) Liao
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Resources for the Future (RFF) Fellow Yanjun (Penny) Liao about the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, a bipartisan federal law that was first passed in the 1980s. The law is designed to cu
100 Conversations on Carbon Removal, with Holly Buck
Producer’s Note: The following episode of the podcast was recorded prior to the 2024 presidential election. In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Holly Buck, an associate professor at the University of Buffalo and climate jus
Paying the Price for Inattention: Electricity Costs in Retail Choice Markets, with Jenya Kahn-Lang
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Jenya Kahn-Lang, a fellow at Resources for the Future, about electricity prices in markets where private companies determine the costs for customers. Kahn-Lang explains why households in
Governing the Satellites that Orbit Earth, with Akhil Rao
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Akhil Rao, a professor of economics at Middlebury College, about the use and management of Earth’s orbit. Rao outlines the significant increase in the number of objects orbiting the Earth
The Los Angeles Fires, with Yanjun (Penny) Liao, David Wear, and Matthew Wibbenmeyer
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Resources for the Future (RFF) scholars Yanjun (Penny) Liao, David Wear, and Matthew Wibbenmeyer about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, California. They discuss the factors that exa
Energy Poverty and Utility Disconnections in the United States, with Sanya Carley
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Sanya Carley, a professor and faculty director at the University of Pennsylvania and a university fellow at Resources for the Future, about energy poverty in the United States. Carley dis
Reversing Deforestation in Latin America, with Brent Sohngen
In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Brent Sohngen, a professor at the Ohio State University and a university fellow at Resources for the Future, about the intersecting forces that are helping curb and reverse deforestation
2024 Year in Review on Environmental Economics, with Karen Palmer, Kevin Rennert, and Margaret Walls
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Karen Palmer, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF) and director of RFF’s Electric Power Program; Kevin Rennert, a fellow at RFF and director of RFF’s Federal Climate Policy I
Tracing the Historical Arc of US Climate Policy, with David Hawkins (Rebroadcast)
This week’s episode is the final rerun from the Resources Radio archive that we’ll air during our December break. We’ll return with a new episode next week; in the meantime, enjoy this one and poke around the archive at Resources.org for mo
70 Years of RFF: Looking Ahead with Young Economists at Resources for the Future (Rebroadcast)
We’re rebroadcasting another episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. This week’s episode is a throwback to the final installment of a three-part series that celebrated the 70th ann
The Long View: Thoughts on the Economics Field from Three Environmental Economists (Rebroadcast)
This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. We’ll be back with new episodes in the new year; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around th
Facing Fears and Imagining Innovation for Climate Change, with Kim Stanley Robinson (Rebroadcast)
In this week’s episode rerun, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed author of many books, most recently “The Ministry for the Future.” Robinson’s books vividly illustrate some of the most devastating potential consequ
Public Engagement in Invasive Species Detection, with Rebecca Epanchin-Niell (Rebroadcast)
This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. We’ll be back with new episodes in the new year; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around th
Making Room for the River with Nature-Based Solutions, with Matt Chambers
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Matt Chambers, a researcher at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia, about managing floods with nature-based solutions. Chambers discusses the
What Are Sustainable Aviation Fuels?, with Nafisa Lohawala
In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Nafisa Lohawala, a fellow at Resources for the Future, about sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). Lohawala discusses the climate impact of the aviation industry, different types of SAFs, an
Black Farmers in America, with Seanicaa Edwards Herron
In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Seanicaa Edwards Herron, founder and executive director of the Freedmen Heirs Foundation, about challenges facing Black farmers in the United States. Herron discusses historical and sys
